Recipes
Spicy Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies
Well, I know typically January is a low-fat, healthy, “I’m-going-to-stick-to-my-resolution” kind of month. I, however, always think of January as a comfort food kind of month — treats that soothe the soul and warm the heart...
Chocolate Raspberry Parfaits
Gooood morning, Phoenix! Oh wait, I still live in Colorado. These temperatures are messing with my mind. I don’t know why I’m so over the heat this summer — we still have a long way to go. Perhaps it is that my dessert line has me in the kitchen 24/7, and baby...
Double Chocolate Candy Cane Brownies
Tom Turkey was delicious once again. He never disappoints, and symbolizes the start of the shopping and hoopla frenzy...
Almond Peach Upside-Down Cake
Oh summer, you are disappearing before my eyes. Not that I mind too much — the heat really gets on my last nerve. It’s just the fact that time goes faster and faster, stopping for no one. I’d better get all my patio happyhouring in before it snows. All right, that...
The old fad: Braised short ribs and giant-ass gnocchi
I read something the other day that began to the tune of: “The new fad is cheap cuts, slow-cooked and elegantly presented...
Pear Fritters
Man, the search for Halloween costumes can be simply exhausting. A Playboy bunny, a naughty nurse or a witch. What to do, what to do...
Blueberry Sweet Cake
Oh March, it seems like forever since we last rendezvoused. I know you are reliably snowy, but you bring me spring, and so I, in turn, dedicate this dessert to you: Blueberry Sweet Cake...
Oatmeal Trail Mix Cookies
So, last week I gave you a “healthy” muffin recipe. I must say, I got a great response and decided I shall become the Muffin Man, I mean the Muffin Woman. I already have a muffin top, so I have a jump-start. Come on, that’s funny...
Pear Crisp with Ginger Whipped Cream
Ah, the crisp fall air is taking me away to apple-cinnamon candle land, where children frolic in the leaves and pumpkin lattes rule the menus...






